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It seems as I pulled the bulk of my orange fabrics for RSC, I was in a quick strippies sort of mood. My oranges needed another pop of color, so I added a deep purple.
First up is this 2 hour - 5 fat quarter baby quilt. It really does take only 2 hours and it's so cute. Here is the free pattern if you want to make your own 2 hour baby quilt ,,,,,
Two Hour Baby Quilt Tutorial – Storied Quilts
I pulled my unusual fq for this set, it looks a bit like fall, but it will make a nice stroller/car seat throw at 36 x 40.
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I started out planning lots of quick quilts using orange, printed some plans; then cut the parts to one which should be quick to assemble........... but got sidetracked.
So I am sharing these recently prepared split 9 patch blocks which are part of a donation to a guild in Calif for the LA fires. Each split 9 patch block is 12 inches, so the 4-block arrangements are actually 24" each. Some quilting gals helped me sew 40 blocks. There are sets of orange, purple, blue & green.
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Here are my 2 final finishes for May. I needed a baby quilt done quickly. Since I am in the midst of so many projects, I decided to quilt up a sweet panel. I know it feels like cheating. I didn't feel like free motion quilting around all the elements in the panel, so I walking foot quilted in 3 different directions. I used a light gray Omni thread on the top and bottom line silver on the back, which actually sinks into the fleece backing. I used a cute green with polka dots print for the binding. It measures 34 x 42. It is sweet and makes me smile.
I also finished a kit from Shabby Fabrics. It is the paper pieced project for May. It was alot of smaller sections to join together, but the kit was very well organized making it easy. They gave you plenty of fabric. The fabric for the binding was very plentiful and I used some of it to insert a smaller accent border between the piece and the final border.
I took more time free motion quilting this one. Did not use any rulers, but just let the shapes dictate what I wanted to stitch in them. I used 4 different colors of Glide threads. It measures 12-1/2 x 28 .
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I saw an example of this quilt on internet somewhere. loved the color combo. When Angela of Soscrappy posted late December that January's color would be pink, I quickly got started. I made 4 scrappy squares pink blocks in December, just to get that jump start.
Well, now its only late May and this quilt is all finished and ready for gifting to someone who hopefully loves pinks. It finished at 45 x 55. I quilted it with a pink shade of Glide thread. I used a fun free motion design that I learned from Angela Walters videos. You can see it in the center block of this Log Cabin block at the 18:08 minute mark of this video Quilting Designs for Log Cabin Blocks - Video 3 of the Free-motion Challenge Quilting Along It looks great stitched in a rectangle shape. I quilted it over each grouping of the 8 pink square units. I quilted a long frame in the brown sashing strips around the blocks and a swirl around the outer border.
The back of this quilt is a pretty plaid printed fleece. Maybe you can see the flow of the quilting better from this side. I seem to always go right to the back of the quilts first just to see the quilting.
That's it for me today. I'm joining these lovely linky parties this week. Please be sure to visit them to see what other creative quilters are sharing.
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City Square is the free summer quilt along offered by 4th and Main Designs. You can find all the links here: Summer Quilt-Along 2025 .
In order to set myself up for another quilt along which began this week, I pushed myself to get the center section together, so now I am caught up until June 9th. I had to take the photo indoors which did not compliment the fabrics as well. Here is my center 48 blocks .....
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I have a few baby size quilts to share - approx 36" x 36". These will be donated to childrenn's charities. Actually, the last two are already donated. This first one, I just finished the binding on this morning.
This first one is a quilt top that was donated by Cindy W. who follows our group Heartstrings. I FMQ it in a diagonal grid using a straight ruler, Omni thread in cream color and a happy print fleece on the back.
This next one is an adorable cut of fabric donated by Bonnie A. The fabric was so sweet, I added a couple narrow borders to bring it to 36", then quilted it with serpentine stitch on a diagonal grid and used that fun fleece print again on the back.
Here is a close-up of the fabric print. It is so sweet !
Lastly, this little quilt was part of a challenge on Stashbusters a couple months ago. The challenge was to use FQ. I had a lonely set of 5 FQ in flannel and chose to make a small trip around the world design. I free motion quilted an orange peel design on the diagonal. (I'm seeing a trend here) I made the binding from leftover pieces of the FQ.
and here is the back, another cute printed fleece. Fleece tends to create a drag when trying to free motion, but the kiddos love it, so I persevere.
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I recently spent some continuous time on my Crimson Christmas project. The helpful videos that the designer shares in a private facebook group will be removed in October when she is ready to release the 2025 project QAL. Her designs are always so over-the-top and unique, making it hard to resist the challenge. You can find the pattern HERE . She also offers a fabric kit which eliminates the need for you to find all the right tones of batiks that blend nicely.
Crimson Christmas | Krista Moser
Here is my Crimson Christmas top, waiting for my quilting. I already know how I will quilt it and that in itself is such a bonus ! I do wish it was slightly larger but I think adding a border would spoil the design.
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I got a response from the coordinator for the donations for fire victims of LA County, CA and they are happily accepting blocks to further their community project. You can read about this mission here ....
I was inclined to take on one more mission, so I headed to the scrap bins and gocutter dies and cut enough units for 40 blocks - ten (10) each of greens, purples, blues & light oranges. Some of my quilter friends were gracious enough to help me assemble them into blocks and we got 30 blocks covered. I have the batch of purples to sew yet.
I arranged some on the wall for a pic. This would not have been my first choice for a block to make, but it is an interesting block once set into several options for a layout.
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This year at HeartStrings@groups.io | Home, Mary Johnson encouraged a quilt drive of little quilts to be donated , each wrapped around a stuffed doll or animal. Some gals wanted to donate their tops to be finished and a couple of us in the group volunteered to finish these and donate locally. The response was overwhelming. I am balancing the work on these lovely little tops with some of my own. I love to quilt so it has been a joy to play with several free motion designs.
I give thanks and gratitude to those who sent donations. I know the children will find some comfort in these cuddles.
First up is a top I actually finished a couple weeks ago. The top was pieced and donated by Cindy Weber of Indiana. I backed it with an adorable puppy fleece print. I used the piecing grid and quilted diagonal lines. It measures 35 inches square and will go to a young mother with new baby.
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I've been finishing up these little quilts. A few were made from orphan blocks and 4 were made from bricks, lots of little bricks into 3" rails. I counted 94 rail fence blocks. The first one gets a safari animal stuffie and the rest were small enough for the PBS Kids dolls. They all have a printed fleece backing and were all free motion quilted in a variety of designs...... just because its fun.
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